Skrypnyk - about sparring at the meeting: I want to have better results, but the work of the boys...

The head coach of Zorya Viktor Skrypnyk commented on the results of five control matches, adaptation of newcomers and preparation for the next UPL campaign, reports the club's official website. The "black and white" have already held five sparring matches at the meeting. First, Skrypnyk's wards drew with Shkendija (2:2), then they suffered three consecutive defeats with an identical score (1:2) against Gorica, Slovakia and Konyaspor, and yesterday, July 18, they did not show a stronger side in a duel with Grimsby Town (1:1). "Five matches are already behind us. We saw that from game to game there was a tendency when the team was difficult. This is normal, because we are at the meeting. Of course, we want to have better results, but we are satisfied with the work of the boys. You have to work on everything. Sometimes there was a lack of concentration, sometimes skill, and sometimes we created obstacles for ourselves, after which we missed and tried to correct the situation later. Meetings are an opportunity for the coaching staff to look at the team from a different angle. See who works how under loads. Our goal is to ensure that everyone is ready, everyone is not tired and gets results in official matches. Now everyone is under loads, tired and that's normal. That's how it should be at the meeting. The matches we played were an opportunity for everyone to get in shape, gain confidence in their own abilities. Regardless of the final result, for us every test game is information. Sometimes we force football players to play in different positions than they are used to. This is also very important. Yes, it may sometimes lead to mistakes, but you have to understand that now is a meeting, a time for experiments and tests. The influence of the level of opponents on Zorya? That's what we planned. If you look at our starting calendar in the UPL, we also play with clubs that were higher than us in the table. You don't want to play with a team that you can beat easily and have no information, thinking that everything is great. Satisfied with the level of opponents. At their level, our youth can prove themselves, beginners. Newbies? A big plus is that they are all Ukrainians. Famous guys for UPL. Everyone knows them, they also know everything about the championship and the opponents. Our coaching staff is also very familiar with them. We believe in them and hope that they will help us. Replacements of Kushnirenko and Budkivbroadcasteri? Everything is fine with Bohdan and Pylyp. Gabriel Esquinha needs a little more time to return to the general group. We make substitutions during the matches in order to give everyone the opportunity to play so that there is no imbalance. Potential transfers? We have players we follow and talk to. We will wait for the result. I can say that there will definitely be someone else," Skrypnyk shared. On Wednesday, July 23, in their last friendly match before the start of UPL-2026/27, Zorya will meet with Geztepe. We will remind that Skrypnyk's wards have a home match against Kolos.